Swing package and swing seat



May ,1, 1945. P, E BR N v 2,375,087

SWING PACKAGE A ND SWING SEAT Fi led May -1, 1944 Patented May 1, 1945FFlC'E SWING PACKAGE AND SWING SEAT Peter De Bruin, Monterey Park,Calif. Application May 1, 1944, Serial No. 533,544

Claims. (01. 20 -46) This invention relates to a swing seat and swingpackage and it has for its object to provide a swing seat provided withmeans for holding it securely in position upon the swing-ropes. The seatis also provided with means for securing the foldedwing ropes in abundle upon the face of the seat when the whole assembly is to bepresented for sale in stores. It is my object to provide as an articleof manufacture and sale, a swing, for the use of children, having all ofthe features necessary to ensure their complete safety. To this end Iprovide a seat which is made the subject matter of this application, asupporting bracket which is the subject matter of my co-pendingapplication, Ser. No. 533,543 filed May 1, 1944, and a rope take-up foradjusting the effective length of the swing ropes, with safety, whichrope take-up has been made the subject matter of my co-pendingapplication, Ser. No. 533,542 filed on May 1, 1944. It is one of theobjects of the present invention to incorporate in the seat portion ofthe structure tie receiving means by whichthe ropes and their attachedbracket portion and even the take-ups may all be neatly and securelybound to the seat and offered to the trade in an attractive and easilyhandled form.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an under-side view of the swing seat,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the structure of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the seat illustrating the ties for binding thefolded swing ropes and associated parts to the seat.-

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

In the drawing 5 designates a swing seat which may be made of asynthetic resin or other plastic, wood, metal or any suitable material.The swing ropes 6 pass through openings 1 formed in the seat adjacentits ends, said rope engaging in the Iongitudinally extending channelportion 8 secured centrally upon or formed integral with the under sideof the seat. 'I'ransversely extending bracing ribs 9 further aid instiffening and bracing the structure. Relatively small openings l0formed through the seat adjacent the edges thereof are provided for thereception of cords or other ties II by which the swing rope 6, folded tobundle formation, may be securely bound to said seat. The ends of theswing ropes may carry the brackets I2 so that, as delivered to thepurchaser, the swing may be quickly erected. One of the rope take-ups(not shown) may also be bound in the bundle by the ties but form no partof the invention. I

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction set forth but that it includes -Within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A swing seat comprising a flat body portion having openings for swingropes formed therethrough adjacent its ends, and substantially upon thelongitudinal axis thereof, and a channeled rib carried upon the underface of the seat and extending longitudinally thereof and lying betweensaid openings.

2. A swing seat comprising a flat body portion having openings for swingropes formed therethrough adjacent its ends, and substantially upon thelongitudinal axis thereof, and a channeled rib carried upon the underface of the seat and extendin longitudinally thereof and lying betweensaid openings, and transversely extending bracing ribs extending fromsaid central channel to a point adjacent the side edges of the seat.

3. In a mercantile package made up of a swing seat and a swing rope forsuspending said seat when in use, the combination with a swing rope, aswing seat comprising a relatively flat body portion, having openingsformed therethrough of a size to permit the passage of said swing ropeand through which said rope is passed, a longitudinally extendingchannel member carried by the under side of the seat and lying along thelongitudinal axis and between the swing rope openings and serving toreceive the swing rope, smaller openings formed through the seatadjacent the front and rear edges thereof, ties passing through thesmall openings and beneath the seat, said ties being of a length toextend across the under side of the seat and to embrace and bind to saidseat the swing rope when the latter is brought to bundle formation of asize to lie within the area defined'by the seat.

4. In .combination, a swing seat comprising a wide fiat body portion,having openings formed therethrough upon its longitudinal center andadjacent the ends thereof of a size to permit the passage of a swingrope, a longitudinally channeled member carried upon the bottom of theseat upon its longitudinal center line, a swing rope the bight portionof which underlies the seat to lie in the channeled member, and the tworuns of which pass through the said openings to the upper face of theseat where, they are folded to lie in bundle formation within the areaof said seat, transversely extending bracing ribs disposed toward theopposite ends of the seat and extending from the channeled member towardthe sides of the seat, there being openings formed through said seatalong its side edges and in substantial alignment with said ribs, andties extending through said last named openings and serving to embracethe seat, the rope bundle upon the top face of the seat and the bightportion of the rope beneath said seat.

5. A mercantile package made up of a swing seat and a swing rope forsuspending said seat when in use, said swing rope being formed into abundle upon the upper face of the swing seat, said seat comprising aflat body portion having openings formed therethrough adjacent its ends,and substantially upon the longitudinal axis thereof through which theswing rope passes, and a channeled rib carried by the under face of theseat and extending longitudinally thereof and lying between saidopenings, said seat having pairs of opposed opening formed therethroughadjacent the front and rear edges thereof, and ties traversing the saidopenings ofa length to extend across the underside of the seat, throughsaid openings and about the bundle of swing rope upon the upper face ofthe seat.

PETER DE BRUIN.

